Comb.



Patented July 25, I899.

|. u. YSIWINDELL.

00MB. (Application filed. Feb. 15, 1899.)

(No Model.

INVENTOR I Allorngv UNITED STATES INDIMBION D. SWINDELIJ, OF CAMP PATENT OFFICE.

GROUND, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR OF f ONE-HALF TO 7. J. \VINSTED, OF SAME PLACE.

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srncirrcm'ron forming "part 6f Letter Application filed February all who/gt it nuc concern:

,Be it known that I, INDIMMON D. SW'INDELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Camp Ground, in the county of White and State of Tennessee, have invented new and;

useful Improvements in Wire Combs,ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in combs, and pertains to a comb constructed of a single piece of wire, all of which will be fully described hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The object of my invention is to provide a comb constructed of a single piece of wire, the teeth of the comb composed of the double twisted wire and the wire'continued over and forming a handle or a brace therefor.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis shownat a, the doubled portion being twisted to form the teeth. ""lhe teeth are separatedby coiling the wire between their upper ends, as shown at I), and the wire then continued from the ends of the series of teeth across, as shown at ll. In Fig. 1 this cross portion as shown as extending upward and'across, the

upward-ly-extending portion formed of a series of outward circles e and the center of the cross portion of a plurality of circles f. 1 A comb formed as shown in the accompany- I ing drawings is comparatively strong and is ornamental. The cross portion B forms a backing or handle and braces the teeth and serves to hold the comb into its proper shape.

In Fig. 2 the same form of comb is shown as that in Fig. 1, only that there are fewer teeth and in that the upper portion B is of a different appearance; but the upper portion 1; serves to form a handle and a brace for the comb and also as an ornament.

In Fig. 3 a comb of a different appearance is produced, but havin the same general characteristics as that shown in Figs. 1 and L, in that tho-teeth are formed of the double 5 retest mleaarps', dated July 2'5, 1399.

Iii, 1899. Serial No. 795,558. #(Xo model twisted wire, with the circles at their upper ends forming a space for the'teeth, and in that the cross portion Bis formed with a plurality of circles g, the ends of the wire being itwisted or otherwise secured together at the point it. die and as a in Figs. 1 and 2. In this instance, however, 1 preferably unite the cross portion or. hanof this type. The essential feature of my invention is the forming of a comb from a single piece of wire doubl'ed'baek and forth intermediate-its ends, the dou lfialed portion twisted to form teeth and the circ s or rings between the upper? ends which unites the end of the row of teeth thus the comb.

A comb constructed as herein shown and described is simple and cheap andyet capaciful, and ornamental shapes.

The circles which are formed in the handle or backing B are preferably soldered or united by dipping the finished comb in a galvanizcumulation of the galvanizingmetal or plating metal 0 at the intersecting points of the rings, and thus serve to materially strengthen the back, as will be readilyunderstood'.

I am aware that it isold to form a comb of united at their inner ends by means of a sti-fiening-stri'p; but this differs from my invention in that I form my comb of a single piece of wire and have the spaced portions between the upper ends of the teeth provided with stiffening-circles extending in the same plane as the teeth, and these circles are rigidly united by soldering, which avoids the necessity'of a. stilfeningpiece independent. of the Wire itself.- I am also aware that rakes have been formed of a single piece of wire with twisted doubled ends and the spaced portions between their upper ends provided with circles at right angles to the plane of the teeth and these circles separated and not united,

dle to the upper ends of the teeth at one or morepoints by a very fine wire, as shown at, t, which still further serves to brace a comb of the teethiand the back'br handle portion This cross portion serves as a hanbrace for the teeth the same as serving .to strengthen and also to ornament bio of being formerl -into many pleasing, faning or plating bath, which will cause an acdoubled spaced portions of wire which are 2 I V w 629,703

thus requiring a stiflening-bar which passes through these circles in -order to stiffen the back of the rake, and this differs from myin vention in requiring a stiffeningbar and also in not having the circles between the upper ends of the teeth rigidlyunited, and I do not claim any such construction; but

What I do claim as my invention is- 1. An improved comb consisting of a single piece of wire having spaced parallel twisted doubled portions forming teeth, the wire between -the upper ends of the'teeth provided with stiifening-circles extending in the same plane as the teeth, the wire extending over the upper ends of the teeth and throughout the length of the comb and having a plurality ofstiffening-circles also extending in the same plane as the teeth, all of said circles rigidly united at their points of intersection,

whereby the Wire comb is stiffened, substantially as described.

2. An improved comb consisting of a single piece of wire having spaced parallel twisted doubled portions forming teeth, the wire loo-- tween the upper ends of the teethprovided with stitfeningcircles extending In the same plane as the teeth, the intersecting point of the wire of the circles lying against each other, and solder uniting the said intersecting portions of the circles for forming a double thick ness of rigid wire between the upper ends of the teeth,the wire continuing over the upper end of the teeth and extendinglongitndinally throughout the u pper ends thereof and its ends uniting and having a plurality of stiffeningcireles also extending in the same plane as the teeth, the intersecting points of these stiffening-circles soldered rigidly to form a double rigid thickness of wire, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

IN. DIMMON SWINDELL.

Witnesses:

vJ. D. GAFF, .N. F. STORY. 

